WHITTIER – The Whittier Host Lions Club is pleased to announce it has finished renovations to a special wing of the Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired, 7056 S. Washington Ave.

The service club will host an open house and ribbon- cutting celebration, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The Whittier Host Lions Club is a local service club known for their focus on sight and hearing assistance. Over the past five years, Lions have donated more than $500,000 to community organizations like the Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired. Founded by parents of deaf students who wanted an educational alternative to sign language, Oralingua School is an auditory-oral day school for children.

For information about the Whittier Host Lions Club, call (572) 699-4600. For information about the Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired, call (562) 945-8391.